terminal electron

collocation in English

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terminal
adjective
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/ˈtɜː.mɪ.nəl/us
/ˈtɝː.mə.nəl/
(of a disease or illness) leading gradually ...
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electron
noun[C]
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/iˈlek.trɒn/us
/iˈlek.trɑːn/
an extremely small piece of matter with a negative ...
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(Definition ofterminalandelectronfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are particularly interested in the sulfitereducing bacteria, which are a diverse group of anaerobic microorganisms that use sulfate as aterminalelectronacceptor.
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Most microbes respire (use an electron transport chain), although oxygen is not the onlyterminalelectronacceptor that may be used.
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These levels correspond to successively more positive redox potentials, or to successively decreased potential differences relative to theterminalelectronacceptor.
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When bacteria grow in anaerobic environments, theterminalelectronacceptor is reduced by an enzyme called a "reductase".
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Anaerobic bacteria, which do not use oxygen as aterminalelectronacceptor, have terminal reductases individualized to their terminal acceptor.
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These organisms use metals asterminalelectronacceptors in the same way that animals use oxygen.
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As molecular oxygen serves as theterminalelectronacceptor in aerobic conditions, oxidative folding is conveniently coupled to it through the respiratory chain.
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In both aerobic phototrophy and chemolithotrophy, oxygen is used as aterminalelectronacceptor, whereas under anaerobic conditions inorganic compounds are used instead.
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It uses arsenate as itsterminalelectronacceptor.
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Many facultative anaerobes can use either oxygen or alternativeterminalelectronacceptors for respiration depending on the environmental conditions.
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Despite this problem, many use oxygen as aterminalelectronacceptor for respiration.
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Some bacteria utilize thiosulfate anion as aterminalelectronacceptor, reducing it to sulfide.
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In a microbial fuel cell operation, the anode is theterminalelectronacceptor recognized by bacteria in the anodic chamber.
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Sodium fumarate and fumaric acid are sometimes used asterminalelectronacceptors in the cultivation of certain anaerobic microorganisms.
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Theterminalelectronacceptor in methanogenesis is not oxygen, but carbon.
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They use sulfate as theterminalelectronacceptor of their electron transport chain.
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He learned that bacteria could use sulfate as aterminalelectronacceptor, instead of oxygen.
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In this type of respiration, oxygen serves as theterminalelectronacceptor for the electron transport chain.
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In general, it occurs where oxygen, a more energetically favourable electron acceptor, is depleted, and bacteria respire nitrate as a substituteterminalelectronacceptor.
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When no oxygen is available, it can use metal cations as theterminalelectronacceptor in the electron transport chain.
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